The use of a simplified faecal egg count reduction test for assessing anthelmintic efficacy on Belgian and German cattle farms

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 352-357

  El Abdellati, A ^a   Charlier, J ^a   Geldhof, P ^a   Levecke, B ^a   Demeler, J ^b   von Samson Himmelstjerna, G ^b   Claerebout, E ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic efficacy; Cattle; Faecal egg count reduction test; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Macrocyclic lactones; McMaster

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; LEVAMISOLE; MACROLIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GERMANY; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; GERMANY; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

BOS; COOPERIA; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; NEMATODA;

EID: 77951252887     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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